Pahrump Postulations and Pixelations

We are in Pahrump with Preacher Bro and bunches o' family. We spent the evening at a Halloweenish carnival at their church right behind their house. A good time and too much sweets had by all. Check out the way my brother dresses when he isn't preaching.



Tomorrow, the 5 guys are singing in their 2 morning services. One of the services starts at 8 am. What time does God get up? Oh, and since we are in NV, we get an extra hour of sleep. We lose it, though, once we reenter AZ.

Kathie has her annual(?) performance review with the state on Tuesday. Please pray that she will do well.

Well, I don't have any Bella photos right now, so let's leave you with a look at Caleb and Lauri at home.

Too Long Since A Post

There is no way I went that long without a post. What was I thinking?

Well, let's start with Bella learning to crawl. Take a look.




We've also been doing a bit of painting. And before you ask, of course we are getting advice. Well, Kathie may not need any, but I certainly do. So, Lyndsay picked out colors that I would not have looked twice at, but it works. Here is some of the clay-colored wall and a yellowish wall. Oh yeah, check out the new pony wall that Dad built. He also built the top and used the same Formica as the countertops.




We are off to Pahrump this weekend with the folks. Some of them are singing the song on the blog. I might join them, although I would enjoy sitting and listening. I'll decide once I get there. We had tickets for Mercy Me on Friday night, but these opportunities don't come very often. So, I sold them and we'll catch them next time.

Posting, but nothing to say

Photo in honor of a granddaughter.


Music in honor of preacherbrother.

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And let's not end without a Bella sighting.

Little Punkins

We took Isabella (oh yeah, and Kyle and Lyndsay) to the Pumpkin Festival yesterday. We discovered that Bella is deathly afraid of pumpkins. We tested that theory with some fake pumpkins back at the apartment. Sure enough, she does not like them. We have not extended the test to pumpkin pie yet, but stay tuned.

Stinkin' Riddle

I am stuck on Level 14. I don't know if I can forgive Brenda for doing this to me. Because of her, I have also cursed two people at work with it, also.

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Walt, Bella, Alison, and Me

Well, both kids and families are at Disney resorts. Alison and James have gone to Walt Disney World for the week to celebrate their first anniversary and probably her birthday. Lyndsay and Kyle and Bella are at Disneyland with her Dad's family. Kyle said Bella is loving it.

For us, we are here in nice, warm PHX. Today, Dad and I are working on our kitchen counter and pony wall. No, we did not horse around. Neigh, I mean nay. We've got the long wall up and drywalled. Dad said he'd come back Monday for the next steps.



And now, here's a Bella fix for the day. She got some new toys Thursday night and was having a grand, old time.

Vocations, not Vacations

Take a look at our granddaughter. She is thinking about becoming a professional Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. Here she is with Nana practicing one of the moves.



So, what does the post heading mean? Well, Bella has a chance at a fun vocation, cheering on the Boys in Blue...America's Team...God's Team. Anyway, it seems that my project at work has a due date towards the end of Kathie's Fall Break, so I cannot take off that week. We were planning on Niagara Falls, but now, we're just going to hold the hose over the pool and watch the water fall.

Elementary, My Dear Watson

Well, I don't know what Watson would have thought, but two classrooms were vandalized at Kathie's school. One of them was hers. We got a call at 9:30 or so saying we needed to come to the school. The rooms are ugly and vulgar, but it could have been much worse. There was a mess of us amateur CSI-types there waiting on the police, so I took my photos and reviewed the crime scene. Here are a couple of them.

I will not be posting those with crude remarks about students (as if swatikas weren't bad enough)





The police arrived at around 11. It certainly makes the teachers a little more leery of working off-hours. In my estimation, based on the way the shaving creme was drying, it occurred around 5am today. Some teachers got there at 5:45am for a sports field event, so I think the vandals were interrupted or it could have been much worse. I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express in the past. And I do watch all 3 CSI shows each week.

Luckily, no destructive vandalism was involved, so it will mostly be a cleanup effort. We are glad that the cleaning team found it today instead of Monday morning when nothing could have been done before students arrived.

B&B - BeatleMania Live 'n' Bella

Well, it was time for our annual trek to BeatleMania Live at a local casino. However, our usual partners, K&L, were both out of town. So, we invited a couple from our breakfast place to go with us. We already knew he was a Beatle fanatic, having painted a workroom and his garage with Beatle images. We had a great time, as always. And, they changed their playlist a bit, which is always fun. Here it is:

I Want to Hold Your Hand, From Me to You, All My Loving, Do You Want to Know a Secret, Please Please Me, This Boy, Hard Days Night, Tell Me Why, Eight Days a Week, Can't Buy Me Love, Help, Michelle, Yesterday, In My Life, We Can Work It Out, Ticket Ride, Roll Over Beethoven, I Feel Fine, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There, Twist and Shout, Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band, A Little Help From My Friends, Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields Forever, Yellow Submarine, Nowhere Man, Day Tripper, Got to Get You Into My Life, Imagine, Back in the U.S.S.R., Come Together, Something, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Get Back, Revolution, Hey Jude.

Plus, Isabella's back! And she can remain sitting up now. She's really close to crawling.

Plus, it's Alison's birthday. Happy 25th, Ali!